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[jkwest]

Why are they showing these movies so early this year!?

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by jkwest

Why are they showing these movies so early this year!?

Um... it's December.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by jkwest

Why are they showing these movies so early this year!?

We're lucky they're showing them at ALL--
Hour-long program slots (and not enough half-hour sitcoms to pre-empt) were what killed off the Holiday Special, long before ABC Family bought up all the Rankin-Basses...
Now, on the free networks, it's Rudolph, an hour-stretched Charlie, the one annual corportely-owned airing of IAWL*, and head for New Years.

(* - Yes, when they bought up the "Wonderful Life" rights, and only restricted showings to once a year on NBC, it sent shockwaves through the world of comedy:
No longer could comics do old reliable "Five hundred airings of IAWL" jokes anymore, since there was no more public-domain material to take from, let alone the gag had become obsolete...
One recent Xmas-episode sitcom had its couple clearly implied to be "sitting around watching IAWL for the hundredth time", but the updated script references and TV sound-effects had to be changed to the Alastair Sim "Christmas Carol". Kinda loses something in the translation.)